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Summary: Great for the amature willing to learn
Review: Have had my G-2 just over a year. Was a God send on our trip to Alaska. Have taken well over two thousand pictures and cataloged same on CDs.
At first the many features available are overwhelming. Fortunately the documentation is top rate. Takes time to learn but well worth the effort!!!!! Big on air shows. The rapid fire capability "Auto Exposure" has yealed several once in a lifetime images I would have missed the old way. Big on flowers. Adjusting the flash output is great..... Exposure compensation takes takes three pictures rapid fire at different exposure settings. Once in the computer pick out the best.
Love the flip-out LCD Monitor. This feater has enabled excellent over head shots without getting the horizon askew. No longer have to be on my belly to shoot ground loving flowers. Could go on for some time.
Yes, set it on "Auto" and let the kids take your picture with good results. Great camera.
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Summary: LOVE THIS CAMERA
Review: I was looking to purchase my first digital camera and originally bought a Toshiba 3.2 megapixel which claimed to provide photos equal in quality to 35mm cameras. I was very disappointed. After tons of research, I purchased the Canon G2. I am still amazed at the quality of the pictures. It is easy to use and comes with everything you need. Many other digital cameras come with 8 or 16MB cards which don't store enough pictures. The Canon G2 comes with a 32MB card which holds about 19 high quality photos. It also comes with a rechargable battery. One of the greatest features is the wireless remote control which has the zoom feature. The LCD screen pivots out to allow you to see the picture you are composing (use the remote to zoom in or out) and snap the picture once you have arranged the perfect shot. Now I can be in group shots and vacation pictures. The Canon G2 was about $100.00 more than the camera I originally bought which needed more memory at a cost of $60 and rechargeable batteries at a cost of $40. So, basically the Canon G2 cost the same thing, but provided much better quality and extras. I read another review which stated the red eye reduction did not work. This only happens to me when I am taking pictures in a very dark room or outside when there is no light. If I turn the light on in the room I am taking the picture, I have no problem. If the picture does have red eye, it is easily eliminated with the software provided. GREAT CAMERA! THANK YOU CANON.
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Summary: Short and Sweet
Review: Amazing colors, amazing close ups, excellent camera all around. Very pleased I bought it.
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Summary: Great camera. All praise. 2 little complaints
Review: Great camera as everyone else has pointed out. Two of my biggest beefs/annoyances (which don't affect the picture quality) are:
1. It's big and heavy. Compared to a SLR, it's about the same. But many other cameras pack similar features in a smaller/lighter size.
2. The grip is too small and very slippery. My older Kodak camera had a rubberized grip and was very easy to hold and compose shots with. It's hard to get a good grip on the camera so it feels like I'm gonna drop it when taking shots on the go. It would have been nice if there was a built-in lens cover too. Ok, enough griping. It's a nice camera.
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Summary: Great Investment
Review: Easy to use. Takes great pictures. Has lot of extra features to continually improve on your picture taking experiences.
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Summary: The Best!!...1
Review: I have enjoyed many cameras including a Nikon FE. I must say that I enjoy the G2 more than any of the others. The ease of use and the ability to be as creative as you want is remarkable. You can't go wrong with this one.
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Summary: Great camera
Review: If you are looking for a great digital camera you cannot go wrong with the G2. The camera is as easy to use as the most basic point and shoot models, but with every manual control you need to get the most out of photography. Picture quality is excellent, and with the raw mode even greater detail is available. A larger cf card will be a wise investment, unless you want to hunt down photo shops to burn cds for you while on your vacation. I bought a 256mb Viking card. It comes with a great bundle, 32mb cf card, remote control, easy to use manual, along with all of the requisite cables. The software is also easy to learn how to use. Very high quality construction throughout(the switches on the G3 seem to have gone backwards in quality).
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Summary: Great, but read the instructions
Review: This is an excellent product, you just need to read the instructions well before using so that you are not disspointed. I have been using all manual 35mm cameras since i began doing photography and this camera has convinced me that the future is truly Digital. It does have many limitations as the digital technology still is under development, but you will find nothing but advantages when compared to a top notch 35mm point and shoot film camera, as you have greater creative control over exposure which is hard to find in 35mm film equivalent other than SLR's. I found the more important limitations are shutter lag; manual focus; horrible optical viewfinder (absolutly no viewfinder info at all); noise in low light high ISO settings; limited ISO range (iso 50-iso400) certain restrictions on settings and controls when using programmed settings. The shutter lag, to me, is the most anoying of all, but certainly something that you get used to. I was dissapointed mostly by the manual focus feature since this is actually a "virtual" manual focus, and a very poor one at that. However, as to image quality, I find the RAW format to be great! Little noise (specially when using ISO 50) high resolution images and great colors. Since the RAW file is like a digital negative, you can process one raw immage as you like on your computer. All the available preset white balance settings work as colour filters without the hassle. Even though there are the above mentioned limitations, which, again, are expected from a point & shoot camera, this camera is wonderful and a recomended buy (specially for the price it is running for now). For those of you used to 35mm photography, you will miss the superior image quality but you will not miss wondering how your pictures turn out after you shoot a roll (instant review of resulting image is priceless); fighting with the photolabs over ruined negatives or copies; paying hundreds to these labs for developing services. Also, i have found it of great use when doing pictures of people on the street, as I can show the pictures to a reluctant subject who would then be more willing to let me shoot more pictures with this and my other cameras. I will definately move over to a Digital SLR as soon as they become more affordable and the technology improves. I have my eye on the new Canon EOS 10D.
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Summary: It's a tricky camera, you will get upset sometimes
Review: Canon G2 makes a good camera for its picture quality
for more advanced user but not for ordinary user
when taking a picture. First, Canon G2 ( I think all series camera coming from Canon) is not truly plug & play camera. It requires its own driver & utility software to display and manage pictures. It took me a whole night to get software installed & connect to G2 with a lot of frustration. It's unique driver and utility program make your camera can only be downloaded or uploaded to your computer not other' computers if you don't carry Canon's utility CD-ROM with you which means you can only share pictures with friend on small LCD screen when traveling around not on their computer unless a computer is equipped with Memory card reader. Not like Sony's USB is truely plug & play, in minutes your camera is reay to read & write like a portable drive, it accepts in every computer, and you simply just do the copy or cut and paste like whatever you would do at your window desktop, and it acts like memory card reader. Of cause you can move or store any file you want. Second, my own frustrate experience. I was shocked when I saw the picture, some were taken at 2272x1704 scale and some were taken at 1024x768 scale in slow shutter. It looks perfect on 2272x1704, but it also looks awful on 1024x768 scale pictures in slow shutter. Everything in 1024x768 scale pictures looks blurry with low resolution, for example like waterfall. Actually all moving persons in picture is like ghost, you can't even recognize their face with movement on the picture. Wait! These pictures were taken from my wedding party! Thanks Canon for its advanced technology to make this nightmare happens!! Hope it would not happen on yours folks who would ever think to buy this camera. I then did some investigation on these awful pictures with provided information, the picture shows it was set on landscape mode which is on a dial next to the auto mode.
Then I realized if you set your camera to to auto mode then press menu the setting is 2272x1704 which is corrected setting, but then if you switch the dial to lanscap mode or protrait mode and press the menu button, it shows other setting for 1027 x768 which is not corrected setting. Why it would go for different setting??? I have no idea ( it may be set as default). You should know how it happens to the picture when your friend mistakenly turns the dial to landscape mode, also thanks Canon its advanced technology kicking me back to Sony brand.
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Summary: TERRIFIC
Review: This is a great camera. I have taken pictures seriously for 40 years. The advantage of this is control over the final print--no more lousy prints from processors. It's been great from the start, and offers something new for those people bored with film photography, and you can preview the results. Also, imagine the possibilities! I wish the compact flashes held more photos, and I wish there wasn't a lag in the shutter, but I'm sure that will be corrected as digital cameras get better. Imagine press photos without carrying film and processing equipment!
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